Fiesta music: The Original Pinettes Brass Band

Updated 12:26 pm, Thursday, April 18, 2013

Taste of New Orleans, Arts Fair: The New Orleans brass-band tradition stretches back decades. Marching brass bands, staffed by some of the most accomplished musicians in the Crescent City, take to the streets for Mardi Gras, funerals and most occasions in between. The Original Pinettes, billed as “The World's Only All-Female Brass Band,” came together in 1991 at St. Mary's Academy High School in New Orleans. With a repertoire that ranges from brass-band classics to Cyndi Lauper's “Girls Just Want to Have Fun,” the Pinettes will get crowds moving.